About the Authors

Kyle M. Schachtschneider

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Carl J. Yeoman

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Montana, United States of America

Richard E. Isaacson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Bryan A. White

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Lawrence B. Schook

schook@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Maria Pieters

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMS BAW LBS MP. Performed the experiments: KMS MP. Analyzed the data: KMS CJY MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: REI BAW LBS. Wrote the paper: KMS CJY MP.